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AI-generated child abuse images increasing at ‘chilling’ rate – as watchdog warns it is now becoming hard to spot | Science & Tech News
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The amount of AI-generated child abuse images found on the internet is increasing at a “chilling” rate, according to a national watchdog. The Internet Watch Foundation deals with child abuse images online, removing hundreds of thousands every year. Now, it says artificial intelligence is making the work much harder. “I find it really chilling as…
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Excitement over ‘comet of the century’ – here’s how and when to spot it | Science & Tech News
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Tonight, stargazers will have the chance to spot what could be the most impressive comet of the year. Comet A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, has come to be known as the “comet of the century” by excited astronomers, such is the anticipation about how bright and visible it might be. People in the southern hemisphere…
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AI taught how to spot buildings and settlements in under-mapped areas | Science & Tech News
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A new map made with AI has been launched to help shed light on life in under-mapped parts of the world. This week, the UN and Google launched the first map to show high-resolution building footprints and heights in Africa and across the global South, covering every year from 2016 to 2023. Those parts of…
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Public asked to help create ‘humanity’s last exam’ to spot when AI achieves peak intelligence | Science & Tech News
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Scientists are creating “humanity’s last exam” to test AI and see when it has reached expert-level intelligence. People are being asked to submit their questions and create “the world’s most difficult artificial intelligence test” by the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI. “Existing tests now have become too easy and we can no…
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Fast radio burst: Astronomers spot most distant cosmic phenomenon detected so far in distant galaxy | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have spotted the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) to date in a galaxy so far away that its light took eight billion years to reach Earth. The remote blast of cosmic radio waves, whose source was detected by the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), lasted less than a millisecond. It…
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Facebook ‘overwhelmed’ by hoax posts on serial killers and missing kids – here’s how to spot them | Science & Tech News
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Facebook groups are being “overwhelmed” by hoax posts about serial killers, missing children, and animals, a charity has warned. Full Fact said it had identified at least 1,200 examples of such misinformation across more than 100 areas in the UK, suggesting the content is being replicated. One hoax about a nine-year-old boy named Justin Smith…
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Mysterious dark spot on Neptune detected from Earth for first time | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have detected a mysterious dark spot on Neptune from Earth for the first time. The large, dark area is within Neptune’s atmosphere and next to an unexpected, smaller bright spot, experts have said. Spots are common on giant planets – the most famous being Jupiter’s Great Red Spot – but experts say this is…
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Cash App founder Bob Lee was killed in a secluded spot after row over suspect’s sister, prosecutors claim | US News
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The tech consultant charged with the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee planned the attack, prosecutors have claimed. Nima Momeni allegedly drove the 43-year-old victim to a secluded spot in San Francisco and stabbed him over a dispute apparently related to the suspect’s sister. The motion to detain the 38-year-old without bail is the…
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Prebunking: The new tactic to help people spot fake news | Science & Tech News
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In a battle to tackle misinformation, Google is expanding on a new initiative called “prebunking”. The tech giant aims to release short videos which highlight the techniques that are commonly used whenever misleading information is put out on to the internet. The videos are set to appear as adverts and will be put out on…
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It’s your best chance to spot a once-in-a-lifetime green comet – here’s how | Science & Tech News
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It’s fair to say this is an opportunity that doesn’t come around very often. For the first time in some 50,000 years, a green comet has this month been making a fly-by past Earth – and your best chance to spot it has now arrived. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has been already visible through binoculars…